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. 2018 Sep 7;13(9):e0203272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203272

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of HIV-monoinfected and HIV-coinfected patients.

Variables HIV-monoinfected
n (%)
HIV-HBV
n (%)
ap-
value
HIV-HCV
n (%)
bp-
value
All HIV-coinfected
n (%)
cp-
value
dp-value
Age
0–17 55 (4.68) 0 (0.00) 0.089 2 (5.13) 0.992 2 (2.50) 0.312 0.196
18–29 476 (40.51) 10 (25.64) 16 (41.02) 26 (32.50)
30–49 505 (42.98) 23 (58.98) 17 (43.59) 42 (52.50)
≥ 50 139 (11.83) 6 (15.38) 4 (10.26) 10 (12.50)
Sex
Male 680 (57.68) 22 (56.41) 1.000 27 (69.23) 0.203 51 (63.75) 0.343 0.349
Female 499 (42.32) 17 (43.59) 12 (30.77) 29 (36.25)
Marital status
Single 562 (47.99) 18 (46.15) 0.571 18 (48.65) 0.855 36 (46.75) 0.556 0.649
Married 459 (39.20) 17 (43.59) 16 (43.24) 34 (44.16)
Divorced 100 (8.54) 4 (10.26) 2 (5.41) 6 (7.79)
Widowed 50 (4.27) 0 (0.00) 1 (2.70) 1 (1.30)
Ethnicity
White 704 (61.11) 20 (55.55) 0.892 24 (64.86) 0.654 45 (60.00) 0.866 0.303
Black 42 (3.65) 2 (5.56) 0 (0.00) 2 (2.67)
Brown 400 (34.72) 14 (38.89) 13 (35.14) 28 (37.33)
Other 6 (0.52) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
Education
≤ 8 years 551(48.72) 25 (65.79) 0.057 22 (61.11) 0.195 48 (64.00) 0.015 0.860
> 8 years 580 (51.28) 13 (34.21) 14 (38.89) 27 (36.00)
Sexual preference
Heterosexual 880 (77.13) 32 (86.49) 0.254 32 (86.49) 0.254 66 (86.84) 0.067 NA
Homosexual/Bisexual 261 (22.87) 5 (13.51) 5 (13.51) 10 (13.16)
HIV transmission
Sexual 1144 (97.69) 38 (100.00) 0.697 38 (100.00) 0.697 78 (100.00) 0.340 NA
Others 27 (2.31) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00)
IDU
Yes 8 (0.72) 0 (0.00) 0.609 3 (9.09) < 0.001 3 (4.23) 0.019 0.208
No 1104 (99.28) 36 (100.00) 30 (90.91) 68 (95.77)
Alcohol use
Yes 205 (18.55) 9 (23.68) 0.558 13 (40.63) 0.004 22 (30.56) 0.019 0.207
No 900 (81.45) 29 (76.32) 19 (59.38) 50 (69.44)
Tattoo
Yes 159 (13.89) 3 (8.82) 0.554 3 (9.38) 0.638 6 (8.82) 0.317 0.706
No 986 (86.11) 31 (91.18) 29 (90.63) 62 (91.18)
Period HIV diagnosis
< 3 years 424 (35.96) 11 (28.20) 0.507 3 (7.69) < 0.001 14 (17.50) < 0.001 0.033
3–5 years 227 (19.25) 7 (17.95) 5 (12.82) 12 (15.00)
> 5 years 528 (44.79) 21 (53.85) 31 (79.49) 54 (67.50)

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; n, number of patients; NA, not applicable; Fisher’s exact test and Pearson’s Chi-square test for comparison between groups

ap-value for HIV-monoinfected versus HIV-HBV

bp-value for HIV-monoinfected versus HIV-HCV

cp-value for HIV-monoinfected versus all HIV-coinfected

dp-value for HIV-HBV versus HIV-HCV.